

Amer Al Akel
Born in Damascus, Syria (1987)
Based in Berlin, Germany
Education
2022 Meisterschüler (Postgraduate Master Class), Prof. Hannes Brunner, Weißensee Academy of Art, Berlin-Germany
2021 MFA/Diploma, Weißensee Academy of Art, Berlin, Germany
2019 École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, Class of Prof. Abraham Cruzvillegas, Paris-France
2010 BA Visual Communications, Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University, Syria
Prizes, Scholarships & Nominations
2023 Art Exchange Program Grant, ACC (Asian Culture Center), South Korea
2023 Karin Abt-Straubinger foundation Art Prize, Stuttgart, Germany
2019 DAAD Prize for Outstanding Achievements, Weißensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany
2018 Mart Stam Scholarship / Deutschlandstipendium, Berlin, Germany
2017 Nominated for The Jameel Prize 5
2011 Young Artist Grant, British Council, Damascus, Syria
Exhibitions
2024
"Art Auction 12," Gallery Weserhalle, Berlin, Germany
"GASTSPIEL," Gallery ABTART, Stuttgart, Germany
"BRÜCHE," Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin, Germany
2023
Art presentation, ACC (Asian Cultural Center), Gwangju, South Korea
"Luftgrenzen," Gallery KA32, Berlin, Germany
2022
"HUMAN ELECTRICITY," Curated by Dr. Almut Hüfler & Ralf Schmerberg, Mahalla, Berlin, Germany
"Morning Nightmare," Art intervention, Lobe Block, Berlin, Germany
2021
"IPSO FACTO," Group show, Kühlhaus Berlin, Curated by Birgit Effinger and Michaela Richter, Berlin, Germany
"Das Ich im Wir," Group show, Galerie im Saalbau, Curated by Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa, Berlin, Germany
"Invisible Cages," Solo exhibition, Curated by Khaled Barakeh, coculture space, Berlin, Germany
2020
"ART IN ISOLATION," Middle East Institute, Washington, DC, USA
"STATE OF THE ART," Galerie Postel, Hamburg, Germany
"LICHTBLICK," Group video exhibition, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany
"That's Not Life Anymore," Group exhibition, Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, Germany
2019
"Lost in Translation," Collective exhibition, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
"RUNDGANG," Annual exhibition, Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, Germany
"Qu'est-ce que tu fais?" Beaux-Arts de Paris - Melpomène, Paris, France
"A Journey of Belonging Part II," CAA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018
"In Between," Galerie Postel, Hamburg, Germany
Annual exhibition, Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, Germany
"Tun und Lassen," Modular+ Space, Berlin, Germany
2017
"A Journey of Belonging," CAA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Translation // Le Vent Nous Portera," Curated by Dr. Christine Nippe, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany
"Soap is Good" by Amer Akel & "Le Jour de la Gloire" by Anri Sala, Kurt Kurt Space, Berlin, Germany
"Sans Papiers - Das Leben ist eine Reise," Dinner-Lecture, Curated by Simone Zaugg and Pfelder, Kurt-Kurt Space, Berlin, Germany
"Kunst um die Moorwiese," Bad Saarow, Brandenburg, Germany
2016
"70 Square Metres," Goethe-Institut Damascus in Exile, Collective Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
"City in Transformation," Video Art Program, Kunsthochschule Halle, Germany
2015
"I Will Never Get Used to Wait," TYS, Copenhagen, Denmark
"VideoFormes Fest," Clermont-Ferrand, France
"At the Plague," Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
"1kg of Soil," Solo Show, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
"I Will Never Get Used to Wait," Curated by Abir Boukhari, Hinterland Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2014
AIVA International Video Art Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
"Mosaic," Collective Exhibition, AllArtnow Space, Damascus, Syria
2011
"In Need," Collective Exhibition, AllArtnow Space, Damascus, Syria
"Open Day," Collective Exhibition, AllArtnow Space, Damascus, Syria
2009
"Blood Donation," Collective Exhibition, Damascus, Syria
2008
Collective Exhibition, NIASD (Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies), Damascus, Syria
Artist Residencies
2023 Art Residency, Karin Abt-Straubinger Stiftung, Stuttgart, Germany
2015 Art Residency, KUNSTHALLE EXNERGASSE-WUK, in collaboration with AllArtnow, Vienna, Austria
Special Training
2011 "Studio1" Informal School on Contemporary Art, AllArtnow in collaboration with British Council, Damascus, Syria
2009 "Video Art and Short Film" Workshop, Directed by Filmmaker Faisal Kourashi, British Council, Syria
2008 "Acrylic Painting" Workshop with Dutch Artists, NIASD (Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies), Damascus, Syria
Publications
2019 Featured in Lost in Translation, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2017 Featured in TRANSLATION // Le vent nous portera, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2015 Featured in KUNSTHALLE EXNERGASSE // KEX Residenz, Vienna, Austria